Polio drops mandatory for movement of FATA citizens
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday decided to involve the Pakistan Army to ensure security on all FATA borders points and to regulate ingress of people from FATA to settled areas only...
View ArticleUS releases 10 Pakistanis from Bagram prison
ISLAMABAD: US authorities have quietly released 10 Pakistani detainees from Bagram prison in Afghanistan, lawyers said on Thursday, after the men had spent years in prison without trial.One had been...
View ArticleInnovate and Lead: Pakistani startups with brilliant ideas
“Having a career is a 21st century fad. There is so much more you can do. You can be the odd one out, the Mad Hatter, you can be curious, you can fix a problem your ‘very’ own way, and you can afford...
View ArticlePrivate schools in Panjgur closed after threats
QUETTA: Due to threats and intimidation, all private educational institutions have remained closed for the past eight days in Balochistan’s southern district of Panjgur.The private schools were shut...
View ArticleRawalpindi police website hacked
ISLAMABAD: Hackers attacked the website of police in Rawalpindi late on Thursday but no sensitive data has been compromised, an official said.The website of police in the garrison city, which...
View ArticleBombing outside restaurant in Rawalpindi wounds fifteen
ISLAMABAD: Police say a bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded outside a restaurant near the capital, Islamabad, wounding at least 15 people.Police officer Abdul Majeed says the bomb exploded late...
View ArticlePunjab notes : They elope, we kill
We routinely kill women; the women who while asserting their right to choose their partners, defy parental authority stamped by tradition with legitimacy. Tradition and authority both are thinly veiled...
View ArticleSheerani defends stance on second marriage
BAHAWALPUR: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani has defended the council’s stance that man does not require his first wife’s permission for second marriage and he...
View ArticleOne-third of missing person complaints disposed of
PESHAWAR: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has so far disposed of 657 of a total of 1,948 complaints about missing persons, the Peshawar High Court was told on Thursday.Additional...
View ArticleKP to vaccinate over 9 million children against measles
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will launch a two-week campaign to vaccinate 9.6 million children against measles in the province.Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Provincial...
View ArticleSami says govt-Taliban talks suspended for time being
KARAK: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and head of Taliban negotiation committee Maulana Samiul Haq has said that the negotiation process between the govern-ment and tehreek-i-Taliban...
View ArticleKarachi operation: over 360 suspects shot dead by LEAs in eight months
KARACHI: With the targeted operation entering its ninth month, the law-enforcement agencies appear to have become more than ever aggressive in chasing suspected criminals and engaging them in deadly...
View ArticleIncomplete Clifton flyover project inconveniences commuters, residents
KARACHI: Amidst the debate about the utility of a flyover near the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton, the problems of the residents and people visiting the area are sidelined. As a large...
View ArticleNew case surfaces in Jacobabad village
SUKKUR: A new case of poliovirus surfaced in Sardar Ahmed Shar village in Jacobabad district on Thursday when a five-year-old boy with a limp in one leg was diagnosed with having contracted the...
View ArticleGovt eyes 7.2pc growth rate by 2016-17
ISLAMABAD: After missing the economic growth target in its first year because of a poor show by agriculture and services sectors, the PML-N government has set an ambitious target to expand the economy...
View ArticleElectricity tariff higher in Pakistan, minister admits
ISLAMABAD: In a rare admission on the floor of the house, the government said on Thursday that electricity charges in the country were higher than what consumers paid in India, Sri Lanka and...
View ArticleTurbulence ahead for PIA, as fleet problems loom
LAHORE: International and domestic flight operations of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) may be affected adversely because it has yet to ensure replacement of four aircraft whose wet lease...
View ArticleDaughter of singer Noor Jehan passes away
LAHORE: Zille Huma, daughter of the legendary singer Noor Jehan, passed away here at the age of 70 on Friday morning, DawnNews reported.She was suffering from complications due to diabetes and blood...
View ArticleBlast in Bannu injures seven
PESHAWAR: At least seven people were injured on Friday when a remote controlled bomb exploded near a police vehicle on Railway Road in Bannu district.Police officials said that the Improvised Explosive...
View ArticleRoad accident injures 15 in Khanewal
MULTAN: At least 15 people were wounded on Friday in a truck-van collision on the Kabirwala-Jhang road in Khanewal, DawnNews reported.Police personnel and rescue teams reached the site of the incident...
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